Hat-pin holder.



E. A. KOGHERSPBRGER.

HAT PIN HOLDER.

.AYPLIOATION FILED DEC 4, 1909.

972,1 99. Patented Oct. 11, 1910.

aux 15m? UNITED STATES ,PATENT OFFICE.

ELSIE A. KOCHERSPERGER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

HAT-PIN HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct. 11, 1910.

Application filed December 4, 1909.

Serial No. 531,340.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELSIE A. Kooirnnsrnncnn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pin Holders;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invent-ion relates to hat-pin holders.

The object of the invention is the production of a device of thecharacter named which is adapted to be arranged in hats worn by women toprotect said hats against injury by hat pins used in the same.

A further object of the invention resides in the production of a deviceof the char acter named which may be easily and readily secured in theordinary hat and when so secured will enable the hat pin to always beinserted in the same place and thus avoid injury and disfigurement ofthe hat as a result of constant puncturing of same with a pin.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thedetails of construction and in the arrangement and combination of partsto be hereinafter more fully described and set forth in the claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings in which like characters of reference denotecorresponding parts in the several views; and in which,

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a hat provided with the invention;Fig. 2, a detail perspective view of the eyelet of the device, thetongues formed by slitting the tubular body thereof longitudinally beingshown bent outwardly in dotted lines; Fig. 3, a detail view of afragment of the hat showing the manner of connecting the tongues of theeyelet thereto; and, Fig. 4, a detail view showing a fragment of the hatand the receiving element in front elevation.

Referring to the drawings A represents generally a hat of ordinaryconstruction provided with a crown B. The invention as ap plied to a hatcomprises an eyelet which is adapted to penetrate the crown to form afixed passage therethrough to the interior, l

and a pin receiving element mounted on the interior surface of the crownopposite to the eyelet. Said eyelet is shown as comprising a tubularmember 8, the large end of which is flared outwardly as at 9 and has itssmall end provided with a plurality of longitudinally disposed slits 10forming the tongues 11. The eyelet is secured to the hat by insertingthe small end thereof through the side of the crown and then bending thetongues 11 outwardly with respect to the body of the eyelet so as to bedisposed against the inner face of said crown. Said tongues are thensuitably stitched or otherwise secured to the hat to permanently holdthe eyelet in place. The receiving element of the device comprises aplate 12 of rubber or other resilient material which is secured inasuitable manner to the inner face of the side of the crown at a pointopposite the eyelet. Secured upon the plate 12 is a convexly disposedsheet of wire gauze 13 which is adapted to receive between the strandsconstituting the same the point end of the hat pin. The mesh of wiregauze 13 is of a size slightly less than the diameter of the hat pin inuse but of sufficient flexibility to be moved outwardly by the forceexerted upon the pin and permit the entrance of the latter, the frictionbetween the pin and the strands of the gauze being sufficient to holdthe pin against displacement.

The rubber base plate 12 serves to prevent the penetration of the pinthrough the hat and at the same time readily yields to any distortion ofthe crown.

What is claimed is:

The combination with a hat having at one side an eyelet to receive a hatpin, and a pin receiving element mounted on the inner face of said hatopposite the eyelet comprising a rubber base plate secured to the hatand a perforated member supported by said base plate in spaced relationthereto so as to engage and support a hat pin projecting through aperforation thereof at a point inward of the engaging end of said pin.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

ELSIE A. KOGHERSP'ERGER.

\Vitnesses THoMAs K. WEST, EFFIE C. AMERU.

